…The desperation of Lucky Chukwu and his notorious cohorts By Ability Chukwuemeka Mbah Waking up this first Saturday morning of this beautiful year 2023 to a video making round our social media spaces of Chief Lucky Chukwu, the elder brother to Enugu East Labour Party Senatorial Candidate, Barr Oyibo Chukwu addressing some of the Party’s … [Read more…]
Christmas seems to come with different feelings for different people, and these feelings change at each stage of life. I hated Christmas and anything that reminded me of it. “Felix navidad, Felix navidad 🎶🎶”, Onwudinjo sang, but kept mute and shrank at the sight of me. I had warned him about singing of Christmas rhymes … [Read more…]
The biggest topic on the front burner in economic policy discourse in 2022, unexpectedly, is the abrupt decision by the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, to redesign the N200, N500 and N1000 notes. The public announcement came on October 26, 2022 by the CBN Governor, Godwin Emefiele, via a press release. The announcement came with … [Read more…]
In the sweet tastes of my days at Nsude, the freshman year didn’t really count, merely because the freshman year was a kind of puzzle. You really can’t tell what’s happening next until it starts happening. Information was gathered from all sources, and the brain did the work of retaining these information and producing it … [Read more…]
By M.O Ene Every decent person wants peace, but permanent peace is for the dead! The dead rest in peace, eternally in silence of the cemetery. The living is in constant struggle to survive, live, and thrive in a perceived peaceful and enabling environment that is secure and sustaining. (“A Piece on Peace,” 7.14.21) In … [Read more…]
By Christian Enebe According to George Bernard Shaw, “Some see things as they are and ask why. Others dream things that never were and ask why not.” Dreaming things that never existed and asking “why not?”, is typically characteristic of people of exceptional intelligence who according to Justin Brown, “tend to be able to think outside … [Read more…]
By Uche Anichukwu In teaching the mystery of the little beginning of the gospel, Christ gave the parable of the mustard seed, which someone sowed in the field. Although it is the smallest of all the seeds, it ultimately grew into a tree so that birds of the air made nests on its branches. This … [Read more…]
Frank Nweke Jr, the governorship candidate of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) in Enugu State, on Saturday enumerated his plans to leverage the intellectual and research capacity of the University of Nigeria Nsukka (UNN) at a Town Hall Meeting hosted by the Senior Staff Club in the Institution. In welcoming Nweke, the president of … [Read more…]
Comr Emmanuel Ebuka Chukwu, from Enugu High Princess Ada Ogbu’s Senatorial bid has gone beyond personal ambition. It has become people’s mandate and aspiration. Princess Ada Ogbu aside being born in a Royal family and a daughter of the famous late Igwe Nathan Ogbu( Odenigbo) of Nara Unateze, is a fulfilled business woman with over … [Read more…]
By Amanda Dike Frank Nweke Jr, the Gubernatorial Candidate of the All Progressives Grand Alliance is showing that his plans for the creative space goes beyond campaign promises. In the past few weeks and months, he has been available to celebrate and support the work of young creatives in the State. From the Coal City … [Read more…]
By Comr. Ebuka Chukwu Enugu East Senatorial Zone arguably is the most under-represented zone in the South East, if not in the entire Nigeria. The zone has not been fortunate when it comes to representation in the government, whether in the state or federal. The effects of this bad and under representation are mainly felt … [Read more…]
By Uche Anichukwu The relationship between democracy and the economy is like the one between the fish and water. After all, according to the Greek philosopher, Aristotle, the state exists “for the sake of life, and continues for the sake of the best life”, hence man is only willing to subject himself to the state … [Read more…]